Grease-cup body.



n. H. TWAITS.

GREASE CUP BODY, APPLICATION FILED IAN. I7. 1914.

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externally to DANIEL H. TWAITS, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

GREASE-CUP BODY.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 17', 1916.

Application filed January 17, 1914. Serial No. 812,721.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, DANIEL H. TwAi'rs, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Grease-Cup Bodies, of which the following is a full, clear; and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to grease cup bodies of a type having an enlarged head threaded lower end and having an intermediate angular portion.

The general object of the invention is to provide a strong, durable body of this nature, which shall be eflicient in service. and very cheaply manufactured. I

A furtherpbject is to provide the head with a resilient portion engaging the interior of the cup toprevent the leakage of grease past the head and to provide a support for either side of the resilient portion so arranged thatt he head may be simple of coin struction;

My invention is hereinafter more fully described in connection with the drawings and the essential characteristics set forth in the cup body;

claims.

Figure l is a side elevation of my grease Fig. 2 is a vertical central sec tion of the same; Fig. 3'is a plan of the same; Fig. 4 is a plan of the washer-like support for the lower side of the resilient member showing the lines on which it is cut, when being formed; Fig. 5 is a plan of the same before being applied to the body.

The grease cup body comprises essentially two parts-a head 5 and a stem or shank 6, which are securely held together in a manner hereinafter described.

, The head portion 5 preferably comprises a shallow cup-like member having a bottom portion 7 and an upwardly turned flange 8,

i which is externally threaded at 9 to receive the'internal threads of a suitable cap member. The bottom 7 is provided with acentral angular opening 10, preferably hexagonal, which is adapted to receive thestem 6. This receive the internal threads of a suitable-cap and a stem threaded-at its portion of the head may be conveniently pressed from sheet meta i and the angular opening 10 very readily pii nched through the bottom 7.

The stem 6 comprises a tube having an angular portion 12 also hexagonal, and of such size as to tightly fit into the opening 10. Below the angular portion the stem is preferably reduced and threaded, as at 14. Near the upper end of the angular portion of the stem is formed'an outwardly projecting bead 15, which is adapted to engage the under side of the bottom'7, while a portion 16 of the stem extends through this opening and is upset, as at '18, spreading the metal outwardly to engage the upper side of the bot"- tom adjacent the opening, thus securely hold- 1iong 7the stem member to the bottom mem- Beneath the cup 'member is a resilient member 20, preferably of leather orlike material, which is of such a diameter that its periphery will conform, when screwed in place, to the threads of the cap member. This member is supported on its lower'side by a washer-like metal member 22, having a. central angular opening engaging the angular portion 12 of the stem and having pressed therefrom upwardly extending lugs or fingers 24. These are preferably wedge-shaped, and are passed through the resilient member and through openings 25 in the bottom por tion 7 of the cup member, and are upset at their upper ends, as at 26, to securely hold 1 the: washer in place. The diameter of this member is preferably such that its periphery clears the threads on the interior of the cup member.

Fig. t shows the lines on which the metal is cut to ,form this member, :22, the lugs or fingers 24, being first cut, on the lines indicated, and then the central opening which fits the exterior of the angular portion 12 is cut, as indicated-at 28. F ig. 5 shows a plan of the member after the central opening and lugs are pressed therefrom, the lugs being left integral and pressed upwardly as shown, in readiness to be pressed through the resilient member and into the openings 25, as described.

From the foregoing description it will be seen that I have provided a durable, efiicient and simple grease cup body, and accomplished the desired results heretofore mentioned.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim isl l. A grease cup body comprising an externally threaded head member, a tubular stem rigid therewith, a resilient washer beneath said head, a disk-like member beneath said washer, and projections extending from one of said members and through the other and being upset to secure the resilient washer in position.

2. A grease cup body comprising a head, a stem having an angular exterior rigid with said head, a resilient member under said head member, and a washer-like member around said stem engaging the under side of the resilient membe' and having means extending through said resilient member and engaging the head.

3. In a grease cup body, the combination of an therewith, a resilient member of substan tially the same diameter as the threaded head and resting against oneside thereof, and a washer-like member on the other side of the. resilient member having lugs integral therewith extending through the resilient member and engaging the head. i

L. In a grease cup body, thecombination of'a head member externally threaded and having a central opening and other openings therethrough. a hollow stem engaging said central opening, a resilient member surrounding said stem and resting against said head-member, and a washer surrounding the stem and resting against the under side of the resilient member, said washer having lugs pressed therefrom and integral therewith extending through the resilient member and through said other openings in the head member and being distorted to'engage the head member.

5. In a grease cup body, the -combination of a head member having external threads and a series of openings therethrough, a stem rigid with the central portion of the head member,- a resilient member surrounding said stem and having substantially the same diameter as the head member, a Washer-like member surrounding the stem having sub.

stantially wmlge-shaped fingers pressed therelrolu and bent upwardly, extending through the openings in the head member and being upset on the upper side of the head member to securely hold the washer andresilient member in place.

i. In a grease ('up body, the combination of a stem and a head comprising a disk rigid with the stem, a resilient member on having externally threaded head, a stem rigid ol the stem, a resilient. ring of a stem and a head comprising an eXternally threaded disk rigid with the stem, a resilient member beneath said disk, and a member beneath said resilient member and projections engaging the disk Wherethe resilient'member is held in place.

In a grease cup body, the combination of a hollow stem, an externally threaded head rigid with the stem, a resilient washer surrounding the stem and under side of the head, a metal washer cmbracing the exterior of the stem and resting against the under side of the resilient washer, and means formed by upsetting portions of the last mentioned washer for'secur ing it in place.

9. In a grease cup body, the combination of a stem and a head comprising a disk rigid with the stem, side of the disk, a washer-like member engaging the other side of the resilient member, and lugs turned from the washerdike member to secure the same in place.

10. In a grease cup body, the combination a stem and a head comprising a disk having a threaded periphery and having a central opening embracing the stem, said stem ha ring a bead engaging one side ofthe disk and outwardly turned portions engaging the other side whereby the disk is held in place, a resilient'member contiguous with the disk, and a second member having lugs adapted to hold the resilient member in place.

11. In a grease cupbody. thecombination of a stem and a head comprising a disk rigid with the Steln,'a resilient member on one side of the disk. a washer-like member engaging the other side of the resilient member, and lugs for seeuringthe washer-like member in position.

12. In a grease cup,'the combination of a stem, :1 head rigid with the upper portion of substantially the same'diameter as the head at one side thereof, a retaining member engaging said resilient ring, and means formed by upsetting metal for securing said retaining mem-- her in position. A

13. In a grease cup body, the combination of a tubular stein, an'outwardly extending head at the upper portion of the stem having threads on its periphery, a resilient member at one side of said head and adapted to engage the threads which the threads of the head engage. a disk separate from the stem adjacent the resilient member, and means for securing said disk in position against said resilient ring.

abutting the v a resilient member on one 14. The combination of a/stem, a head, se- In testimony whereof, I hereunto afiix my cured thereto and having a metal disk-like signature in the presence of two witnesses portion, a fibrous washer lying agalnst said disk-like portion, and tongues integral with DANIEL TWAITS' 5 said disk turned therefrom and extending Witnesses:

through the washer and having their ends 0. H. ORoNK,

upset to'hold the washer in position. GEO. H. HALE. 

